Concealed stitched collaret for undergarments



Jan. 22 1924. 1,481,371

R R, HUGHES, JR

CONCEALED STITCl- ED COLLARET FOR UNDERGARMENTS Filed May 29 1919 U Nil?Q S T PATENT OFFICE ROBERT E. HUGHES, IR, 013 UTICA, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOE,TO UNION SPECIAL MACHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CONCEALED STITCHED COLLARET FOR UNDERG-ARMENTS.

Application filed May 29, 1919. Serial No. 300,649.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. HUGHES,

J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the countyof Oneida, State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Concealed Stitched Collarets for Undergarments, of whichthe following is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements 'in a concealedstitched collaret for undergarments, which collaret is formed from afolded strip of fabric.

An object of the invention is to provide a collaret strip which isstitched to the neck of the garment by stitches which are in partconcealed by the collaret strip at one face of the garment, and whichstitches at the other face of the garment cover and conceal the edge, ofthe collaret strip.

In the drawings which show by way'of illustration one embodiment of theinvention- Figure 1 shows more or less diagrammatically the neck portionof a garment having my improved collaret strip applied thereto; v

Figure 2 is a view more or less diagrammatic and in section, showing oneform of the in vention for uniting the collaret strip to the neck of thegarment;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view in a plane along the needlethread loops of the concealed needle thread;

Figure 4 is a similar view but showing the edge of the collaret stripinturned at both faces of the garment;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2, but

ed by a tape rather than by threads;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1,

showing a slightly modified form of the invention in that the needleloops are connectwherein the collaret strip is stitched to the garmentin a single operation.

In carrying out the invention, the collaret strip is folded intermediateits side edges and one of the side faces of the'strip is inturned. Aneedle thread lies along the in turned portion and between the inturnedportion and the adjacent face of the collaret strip. This needle threadis formed into loops which extend through the inturned portion, bodyportion of the I garment and the collaret stri at the other face of thegarment. arallel with said needle thread is a second needle thread iwhich is disposed on the same face of the garment as the first-namedneedle thread and this second needle thread is formed into a series ofloops which are parallelwwith the loops in the first needle thread andsaid loops extend through the arment, so that the loops in both the neele threadsproject on the same'face of the garment. These loops are sodisposed as toextend, along opposite sides of th edge of the collaretstrip, which is opposed to the inturned edge of the .collaret strip,referred to, and said needle loops are joined either by a thread or atape, which serves to lock the needle thread loops, and which alsoserves to cover the edge of the collaret strip lying between the rows ofneedle thread loops.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, I have shown my improvedconcealed stitched collaret as applied to a garment, indicated at G,having a neck portion N. The collaret strip is indicated at S.

Referring to Figure 2 of the drawings, which shows one form of theinvention, the collaret strip S is provided with an inturned edge 1, onone face of the garment. Lying along this inturned edge is a needlethread 2, which is formed into a series of loops 33. Said needle loopsextend through the inturned edge 1 of the collaret strip, through thebody garment G, and through the face of the collaret strip. 4, which islocated atthe other face of the garment. Said needle thread lies betweenthis inturned edge 1 and the face of the collaret strip adjacent thesame, and will, therefore, be completely concealed from view by thecollaret strip on one face of the body garment. Adjacent the needlethread 2 is a second needlethread 5, which is formed into a series ofloops 6,

which eXtend through the garment G. This needle thread is disposed onthe same face of the garment as theneedle. The needle thread loops 3 and6 are arranged in parallel rows and these rows are disposed on oppositesides of the edge 7 of the collaret strip. Said needle thread loops arejoined, as shown in this form of the invent-ion, by a looper threadwhich is indicated at 8, and said looper thread performs the doublefunction of anchoring the needle thread loops and covering the edge 7 ofth collaret strip, which is between the needle thread loops.

From the above, it will be apparent that I have provided a concealedstitched collaret strip, wherein one of the needle threads is entirelyconcealed at one face of the collaret strip and no needle threads passthrough or lie upon this face of the collaret strip. Also, the otheredge of the collaret strip is covered and concealed by the looper threadwhich joins and locks the needle thread loops.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, I have shown a slightly modified form ofthe invention in that the edge of the collaret strip on the oppositeside of the fabric from the inturned edge 1 is also inturned, asindicated at 9. Otherwise, the form of the invention is ex actly similarto that. shown in Figures 2 and 3 and all the useful functions describedaboveare present.

In Figure 5 of the drawings, I have shown a further'slightly modifiedform'of the invention disclosed in Figures 2 and 3, in that a tape 10 isstitched by the needle'thread loops, which tape serves to cover theedge? of the collaret strip. In this form of the invention, the needleloops may be locked by independent threads forming two independentparallel rows of stitching, or may be connected by a single looperthread. if desired.

In Figure 6 of the drawings, I have shown a further slightly modifiedform of the invention, .in that the'face 11 of the collaret strip Sextends a greater distance over the body. garment G and the inturnededge 1 is of sufiicient eXtent,:so that both the needle threads 2 and 5will lie between said inturned edge ofthe collaret strip and the faceportion of said collaret strip, so that both ofthe needle threads areconcealed by the collaret strip. The collaret strip is formed and theneedle thread loops are anchored and joined as described in detail inconnection with the form of invention shown in Figure 4:.

From the above, it will be apparent that I have provided a concealedstitched collaret having a body portion which is stitched to thegarment, and no needle threads appear on one face of the collaret strip,while the edge of the collaret at the other face of the garment iscompletely covered.

It may be briefly stated that my concealed stitchedcollaret ispreferably formed on a sewing machine wherein a collaret folder isprovided which guides the edge of the strip which is to be turned underalong the path of the needle and deflects the same at an angle to thepath of the needle at the stitching point, so that the needle lyingbetween the inturned part and the adjacent face of the collaret stripwill pass through the inturned portion and form the needle loops in themanner above described. In my co-pending application, filed of even dateherewith, I have shown, described and claimed a machine of this type,which contains broadly devices for accomplishing this result.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may bemade without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth inthe appended claims.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An undergarment comprising abody portion having a neck opening, acollaret strip. folded about the edge portion of the garment at the neckopening thereof and forming inner and outer face portions, the edgeportion of the outer face portion being turned under, a needle threadlying between the turned under edge portion and the outer face portionand formed into loops extending through said turned under edge portion,said body portion of the garment and said inner face portion, a secondneedle thread formed into loops disposed in parallel relation with thefirst-mentioned needle thread loops and extending through the bodyportion of the garment, the loops of both threads forming spaced rows ofneedle thread loops, the edge of the inner face portion of the collaretstrip being disposed between said rows of needle thread loops, and meansconnecting the loops of both rows of needle thread loops and coveringthe edge of the inner face portion of the collaret strip.

2. An undergarment comprising a body portion having a neck opening, acollaret strip folded aboutthe edge portion of the garment at the neckopening thereof and forming inner and outer face portions, the edgeportion of the outer face portion being turned under, a needle threadlying between the turned under edge, portion and the outer face portionand formed into loops extending through said turned under edge portion,said body portion of the garment and said inner face portion, a secondneedle thread formed into loops disposed in parallel relation with thefirst mentioned needle thread loops and extending through the bodyportion of the garment, the loops of both threads forming spaced rows ofneedle thread loops, the edge of the inner face portion of the collaretstrip being disposed between said rows of needle thread loops, and alooper thread formed into loops concatenated with the loops of both rowsof needle thread loops and covering the edge of the inner face portionof the eollaret strip.

3. An undergarment comprising a body portion having a neck opening, acollaret a strip folded about the edge portion of the garment at theneck opening thereof and forming inner and outer face portions, the edgeportion of the outer face portion being turned under, two spaced needlethreads lying between the turned under edge portion and the outer faceportion and respectively formed into spaced rows of needle thread loopsextending through said turned under edge portion, and said body portionof the garment, the edge of the inner face portion of the collaret stripbeing disposed between said rows of needle thread loops, and meansconnecting the loops of said rows of needle thread loops and coveringthe edge of the inner face portion of the collaret strip.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT R. HUGHES, JR. Witnesses:

WALTER OTooLn, CHAS. A. BAEOHLE.

